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HIPAA:

OCR Ramping Up HIPAA Enforcement, Stats Show

Published on Fri Jul 22, 2016

Warning: HIPAA investigations can drag on for years. Both federal and state authorities are getting serious about HIPAA compliance, and the result is millions paid out in CMPs and settlements. Are you next? Since 2003, the HHS Office for Civil Rights has received more than 134,246 HIPAArelated complaints, and investigated and resolved more than 24,241 cases (as of May 31). [...]
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